Middlesbrough Trophy

Founded	1998
Region	Europe
Teams	4
Current champions	Benfica (1st title)
Most championships	Benfica (1 title)

The Middlesbrough Trophy (or JD Sports Cup for sponsorship reasons) was an invitational football tournament held at the Riverside, Middlesbrough. The only edition took place between 1 and 2 August 1998. It was contested by four teams.

Tournament

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Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 August – Middlesbrough (Riverside)
	Newcastle United	0
					2 August – Middlesbrough (Riverside)
	Benfica	0
					Benfica	1
	1 August – Middlesbrough (Riverside)
					Empoli	1
	Middlesbrough	0
	Empoli	1
					Third place
					2 August – Middlesbrough (Riverside)
					Newcastle United	1
					Middlesbrough	1

Benfica beat Newcastle United 4–3 on penalties.
Newcastle United beat Middlesbrough 4–3 on penalties.
Benfica beat Empoli 7–6 on penalties.

Results

Newcastle United v Benfica

1 August 1998 Semi Final	Newcastle United	0 – 0 (3–4 p)	Benfica	Riverside Stadium
				Attendance: 5,430
	Penalties
	Watson Pearce Ketsbaia		Paulo Madeira Scott Minto Nandinho Kandaurov Luís Carlos

Middlesbrough v Empoli

1 August 1998 Semi Final	Middlesbrough	0 – 1	Empoli	Riverside Stadium
			Artico 80'

Middlesbrough v Newcastle United

2 August 1998 3rd/4th Place	Middlesbrough	1 – 1 (3–4 p)	Newcastle United	Riverside Stadium
	Mustoe 27'		Shearer 50' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,230
	Penalties
			Shearer Lee Albert Pistone

Benfica v Empoli

2 August 1998 Final	Benfica	1 – 1 (7–6 p)	Empoli	Riverside Stadium
	Gomes 49' (pen.)		Palumbo 57'

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